Cables under sand, power vaults in parking lots
Disaster? The company is long gone, no liability
Cables under sand, power vaults in parking lots
Why are Cape Cod beaches the first choice to come ashore? Because it’s cheap for Avangrid, not because it’s best for the environment, our community, or the grid.
Under Dowses, power equal to 2 Pilgrim plants
Disaster? The company is long gone, no liability
Cables under sand, power vaults in parking lots
1200 megawatts of electricity is set to flow under Dowses, and the equivalent of over two more Pilgrim nuclear plants under Covell’s and Craigville beaches.
Disaster? The company is long gone, no liability
Disaster? The company is long gone, no liability
Disaster? The company is long gone, no liability
Commonwealth Wind LLC is a limited liability company, shielded from lawsuits and debts. Its ultimate owner Iberdrola, a Spanish multinational, can bankrupt it.
It risks our only source of drinking water
It risks our only source of drinking water
Disaster? The company is long gone, no liability
The only source of drinking water on Cape Cod and the Islands comes from our shared aquifer. There's a real risk that shared and shallow drilling contaminates it.
Get ready for even more power outages
It risks our only source of drinking water
Get ready for even more power outages
Experts: the equivalent of four+ Pilgrim plants in town will lead to grid instability. (Power out for four hours? USDA says your refrigerator food is spoiled.)
ADA wheelchair access really matters
It risks our only source of drinking water
Get ready for even more power outages
For some of us, "the beach" is the ADA pier at Dowses. For others, daily respite is lunch with a peaceful ocean view from the parking lot. We can’t risk losing it.
Now, Avangrid wants even more of your money
No matter what you've heard, it's not a done deal
Now, Avangrid wants even more of your money
Avangrid has defaulted on their subsidized agreement and now wants to sell the same power for more money. Can we trust them with our beaches?
Dowses is a vibrant habitat we share
No matter what you've heard, it's not a done deal
Now, Avangrid wants even more of your money
Endangered piping plovers nest on our local beach. Over 170 other species of birds visit there. Estuaries and bays are nurseries for juvenile fish and crustaceans.
No matter what you've heard, it's not a done deal
No matter what you've heard, it's not a done deal
No matter what you've heard, it's not a done deal
Avangrid is pushing the Town to sign a “Host Community Agreement." Until it does, the Town can stop it: Dowses has Article 97 Constitutional protection from this use.